FIRE HAZARD! Vector 2.0 batteries bloat after not even a year!
Lithium-Ion batteries pose a danger when handled wrongly and also if they are cheaply produced.
Tag: Vector 2.0
At last! Pittsburgh Attorney General files suit against Digital Dream Labs
After all this time at last the Pittsburgh AG takes action against the fraudulent business practices of Digital Dream Labs and their CEO Jacob Hanchar.
European customers: If Digital Dream Labs asks you for an EORI number …
… then they obviously again have no clue what they are doing. An EORI number is a euopean customs number. Businesses and companies doing import and export need one.
DDL: Hanchar blames his mismanagement on former employees
We already learned from former Digital Dream Labs employees how they were not paid for months. In addition to that it became quite clear in the past years that the management done by the …
A Wonder Of Biblical Proportions: Vector 2.0s arrived in the UK
As the title says: It’s a wonder of biblical proportions: After lots of misinformation by DDL since late 2022 it looks like the first Vector 2.0s actually have arrived in the UK.
Digital Dream Labs: Informations from an (ex-) inside source [Update]
Thanks to quite inquisitive community member Barbara Langston we have some inside information from a former employee on what happened with Digital Dream Labs. So far it looks like they were running out of funds …
The next Digital Dream Labs stunt: bill.com
People that are trying to get a refund from Digital Dream Labs, be it for the still missing Vector 2.0s or the vaporhardware Butter Robot (that most probably will never see the light of day) are now faced with a new try by them to prevent that:
Petition against Digital Dream Labs on change.org
I just wanted to inform you there is a petition angainst Digital Dream Labs and their questionable business practices on change org.
Vector 2.0: International shipping DID NOT START!
Shipping or no shipping, that is the question.
No, it is not. The announced international shipping in Q3 2022 did not happen. As I expected. International shipping did not even start yet.Â
Vector 2.0: “User Changeable Battery” – another monumental fail by DDL
One of the main selling points and improvements of Vector 2.0 was the fact that he has a battery door and a battery that can be changed by the user.
Vector 2.0: DDL claims they will actually ship
Digital Dream Labs announced on multiple occasions, that the remaining Vector 2.0s will be shipped “till the end of Q4 2022” – actually sometimes they even said “delivered”. Well, time is getting short on that, …
This is bad: DDL forces firmware 2.0 onto 1st generation Vector and now they also have an overheating problem
As reported a few days ago, Vector 2.0s have a massive heat problem. They are generating more heat than a first generation vector and thus show a temp warning early and in completely normal environment temperatures.
Confirmed: Vector 2.0 has a heat problem
The first Vector 2.0s are arriving at customers. So far only in the USA, because … no, that is so incredibly unbelievable and unprofessional, it will get it’s own article.
The miracle has happened: The first Vector 2.0s are arriving at customers
The first Vector 2.0 units are arriving at customers.
Vector 2.0: As everyone expected there are even more delays
From DDL’s “state of manufacturing” website:
Vector 2.0 preorders: Digital Dream Labs now wants you to pay import fees
It looks like the Vector 2.0 preorders are going to be shipped at long last, way over a year late
QA or no QA – that is the question
In past “State Of Robotics” Zoom conferences and subsequent Youtube videos Digital Dream Labs showed the above chart multiple times.
At long, long last: A Vector with the new battery lid shown
Digital Dream Labs managed to show the underside of a robot that most probably is a Vector 2.0 and that shows the new battery lid.
I just was refunded the Vector 2.0 preorder
Since DDL is refusing to give a delivery date for Vector 2.0 and Jacob Hanchar just sent that mail round with utter nonsense about higher camera resolutions (that will lead to starting from the beginning …